Earlier this month we let you know that Xbox Live was gearing up to release a series of Xbox Live Arcade titles in a campaigned called the Xbox Live Summer of Arcade.
Well, it seems that these game’s haven’t been selling too well as Micrsoft has recently notified us of a new promotion. Apparantly, if you purchase all 5 games at $70 or 5600 Microsoft Points, Microsoft will thank you by giving you back 800 Micrsooft Points, or $10.
If you haven’t been paying attention, this list of games includes, ‘Splosion Man, Marvel vs. Capcom 2, TMNT: Turtles in Time Re-shelled, Trials HD and Shadow Complex.
EVO 2009 wrapped up yesterday, deeming Japanese player Daigo “The Beast” Umehara the victor of the Street Fighter IV finals. Of course, the other games of the event are not to be forgotten, but the main attraction of the evening was definitely Capcom’s newest fighting game. Here’s a list of the top eight competitors for the SF4 bracket:
Daigo Umehara (Ryu)
Justin Wong (Boxer, Abel, Rufus)
Ed Ma (Akuma)
Sanford (Akuma, Cammy)
Long Tran (Akuma)
Eduardo Perez (Boxer, E-Honda)
Dan (from Japan) (Ryu)
Ricky Ortiz (Rufus)
I caught a few minutes of the Marvel vs Capcom 2 semi-finals as well, and was very disappointed to find out that I’m not as good at the game as I thought I was.
Anyways, a new documentary titled King of Chinatown is also being released, focusing on runner-up Justin Wong’s road to this year’s EVO. However, the trailer makes the assumption that he is, in fact, the best Street Fighter IV player even though it was made official at EVO that he is not. Regardless, the documentary still looks very interesting.
While we were notified of the XBLA release date for Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Playstation 3 owners were effectively left in the dark.
Luckily, we now know that the game will be re-released for the PSN on August 15, a few weeks after the XBLA, for $15. The game will reportedly also ship in a retail form for the PS3, priced at $20, and feature a DVD with wallpapers, a manual, 2,000 Capcom Unity points and 1-month of access to Marvel Digital Comics.
If you haven’t already played Marvel vs. Capcom 2 when it was first released in back in the early 00s, now’s a perfect chance to get down on this classic title.
Despite announcing a seemingly finalized lineup for the Xbox Live Summer of Arcade, Major Nelson has once again updated his blog, this time notifying us of a change.
Apparantly, instead of TMNT: Turtles in Time Re-shelled launching on July 22nd, ‘Splosion Man will instead take that spot with TMNT launching on August 5th.
It seems that Major Nelson has recently updated his blog to notify gamers that there is a whole slew of content on its way to the Xbox Live Arcade this summer. Most of these games we already knew about but this gives us a clear release window and price point for each title:
July 22: TMNT: Turtles in Time Re-shelled1200 Microsoft Points
July 29: Marvel vs. Capcom 21200 Microsoft Points
August 5: ‘Splosion Man800 Microsoft Points
August 12: Trials HD1200 Microsoft Points
August 19: Shadow Complex1200 Microsoft Points
Considering I’m a huge fan of the fighting genre, the only game I will be picking up this summer (off of the XBLA, at least) will be Marvel vs. Capcom 2. What about you guys?
Capcom recently updated their Twitter page, revealing that the classic fighter Marvel vs Capcom 2 will be hitting the Xbox Live Arcade on July 29th.
PS3 owners will have to wait on a release date, but it is likely that the game will hit the PlayStation Network the following day. But one day isn’t too long, considering that the PS3 has had the exclusive demo for a while now.
Marvel vs Capcom 2, including complete online multiplayer functionality, will cost you 1,200 Microsoft Points.
As The King of Fighters XII‘s July release date looms just around the corner, SNK Playmore have decided it is a prefect time to release a new trailer for the game.
The above trailer is entitled Triumph of Combat and features gameplay that fans of the KoF series are sure to love. One of the things I loved about the trailer, however, is the zooming out from the sprites putting an emphasis on the 2D nature of this game.
SNK put a lot of effort into this game and from the looks of it, it is shaping up to be a masterpiece. Did we mention that the entire thing was hand drawn?
Shortly after getting wind that Marvel vs. Capcom 2 would be hitting Xbox Live and the PSN sometime around June 29th, Joystiq contacted Capcom about Marvel vs. Capcom 3 to which Capcom’s Seth Killian responded:
The short answer is no, that’s not any part of this deal. What we’re hoping is that if people get really juiced about this title, and we can show Marvel that there’s a lot of heat behind this, then they’ll open up the door for us to do something with 3.
So everyone, you heard the man; the more hype created for Marvel vs. Capcom 2‘s rerelease the better chance we have at seeing a Marvel vs. Capcom 3.
Marvel Entertainment recently revealed their Q1 financial results for this year and bundled in some information about Marvel vs. Capcom 2‘s reintroduction.
We first got official confirmation that Marvel vs. Capcom 2 would be getting an Xbox Live and PSN re-release last month but were left in the dark in terms of release dates.
Well, that information they included with their financial results was actually a release schedule that had Marvel vs. Capcom 2 dated for a June 29th Xbox Live and PSN release.
Joystiq notes the fact that neither Microsoft nor Sony traditionally update their services on Mondays which suggest the game will actually be released sometime in the week of June 29th. Either or, the game is on its way.
After that leaked achivements list pointed at Marvel vs Capcom 2, it was only a matter of time until Capcom released an official announcement.
Well, that time is now and Capcom has announced that Marvel vs Capcom 2 will in fact be hitting Xbox Live and the Playstation Network sometime this summer. While the game won’t be getting a complete makeover a la Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, there will be an addition of an online matchmaking system along with a few visual tweaks.
You can check out the above video detailing the game’s return and check out the PSN exclusive demo when it hits this Thursday.
Capcom recently updated their Twitter 
